GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| outmoded | not being in style |
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| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
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| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
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